Five Dead After Florida Nursing Home Goes Without Air Conditioning

Emergency workers at Memorial Regional Hospital in Hollywood, Fla., on Wednesday.Credit Jason Henry for The New York Times

Five people are dead and 115 have been evacuated from the Rehabilitation Center at Hollywood Hills, a nursing home in Hollywood, Fla., on Wednesday according to the city’s police chief, Tom Sanchez. Jean Linder, a cook at the facility, said the nursing home had power but no air conditioning in the aftermath of Hurricane Irma, which hit the region over the weekend.